DINÂMICA DA PRODUÇÃO DE RAÍZES FINAS EM FLORESTA TROPICAL SAZONALMENTE SECA ANTE O REGIME PLUVIOMÉTRICO

Eunice Maia de Andrade; Gilberto Quevedo Rosa; Aldenia Mendes Mascena de Almeida; Antonio Givanilson Rodrigues da Silva; Maria Gina Torres Sena

doi:10.1590/1983-21252020v33n218rc

Authors

Eunice Maia de Andrade Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Universidade Federal do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, RN https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9750-0364
Gilberto Quevedo Rosa Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-666X
Aldenia Mendes Mascena de Almeida Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-1513
Antonio Givanilson Rodrigues da Silva Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-5642
Maria Gina Torres Sena Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8406-8728

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252020v33n218rc

Keywords:

Caatinga. Semiarid. Rainfall regime. Effective depth.

Abstract

Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) usually present dry seasons of eight or more months. Considering the concerns about the resilience of SDTF to climate changes, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the rainfall regime on fine root growth in a SDTF. The experiment started at the end of the wet season (July 2015), when fine roots were evaluated and ingrowth cores were implemented. The temporal growth of fine roots in the 0-30 cm soil layer was monitored, considering the 0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 cm sublayers, through six samplings from November 2015 to July 2017. The characteristics evaluated were fine root biomass, fine root length, fine root specific length, and fine root mean diameter. The significances of the root growths over time and space were tested by the Kruskal-Wallis test (p<0.05). Fine roots (Ø<2 mm) were separated and dried in an oven (65 °C) until constant weight. The root length was determined using the Giaroots software. The fine root biomass in July 2015 was 7.7±5.0 Mg ha^-1 and the length was 5.0±3.2 km m^-2. Fine root growth in SDTF is strongly limited by dry periods, occurring decreases in biomass and length of fine roots in all layers evaluated. Fine root growth occurs predominantly in rainy seasons, with fast response of the root system to rainfall events, mainly in root length.

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